Jamie

Jamie Michaels

Affiliations

Doctoral Candidate

Faculty of Arts, Department of English

Sessional Instructor

Faculty of Arts, Department of English

Contact information

Email

jamie.michaels@ucalgary.ca

Background

Biography

I am a critically acclaimed writer, filmmaker, and educator from Winnipeg. I utilize familiar mediums such as comics, animations, and film to tell meaningful stories about multiculturalism and human rights in new and surprising ways. My creative work has been recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winnipeg Arts Council, the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. My work has received the Norma Epstein Foundation Award in Creative Writing (National), the Harold Greenberg Fund Shorts-to-Features Award, and the Joe Shuster Award.

I research the potential of historically informed graphic novels to generate social change as a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellow, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar, Eyes High Doctoral Scholar, and Killam Laureate. My research on the comics form has been published in Canadian Literature, Sequentials, Project GraphicBio, The Comics Grid, and the Centre for Research in Cultural Studies.

Awards

  • Killam Laureate, 2021
  • SSSHRC CGS Doctoral Fellow, 2021
  • Eyes High Doctoral Scholar, 2020
  • Byers Memorial Killam Prize for Best Statement of Research, 2021
  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar, 2022

Publications